Protect ᑭᑳᐑᓇᐤ
ᑭ Protect our mother, the earth
ᑳ I place Nehiyaw syllabics on the land
ᐑ Pressing my hands into kôna
ᓇ A message to mother earth
ᐤ Praying to the ancestors
Video Response
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Protect ᑭᑳᐑᓇᐤ
Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐊᐧᐣ is a Nehiyaw Isko artist from Bigstone Cree Nation. She currently resides in Amiskwaciy Waskahikan, also known as Edmonton, Alberta. Cheyenne graduated from Emily Carr University with her BFA in Visual Arts in 2019. Her work often explores history, knowledge, and traditional practices. Through the use of her body and language, she speaks to the past, present, and future. Cheyenne’s work is rooted in the strength to feel, express, and heal. Bringing her ancestors with her, she moves through installation, photography, video, sound, and performance art.
Across the six-part lightbox series Crossings: Itineraries of Encounter, each curator activates a Respondent Program that brings artists into dialogue with an image set.
As part of Living Memories, artist Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐘᐣ offers a poetic multimedia response including image, video, and a poem in Nehiyaw (Cree) syllabics.
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